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The U.S. natural gas industry must better engage the public about its story, instead of allowing others who may not have the facts to do so, said Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa. This comes after he held discussions with foreign government officials who expressed concern about the risks associated with gas drilling. "The field is filled with brilliant engineers and scientists and technicians" who can accurately explain the process, Murphy said.

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Royal Dutch Shell declined to provide details about its plans to resume offshore oil and natural gas exploration in the Arctic, after it encountered several drilling setbacks in the region in 2012. "Our future plans for offshore Alaska will depend on a number of factors, including the readiness of our rigs and our confidence that lessons learned from the 2012 operating season have been fully incorporated," said Curtis Smith, a spokesman for the company.

Applied Natural Gas Fuels will develop a liquefied natural gas production facility in North Texas, which could have an initial production capacity of 86,000 gallons of fuel per day. The plant, which is expected to come online in 2015, seeks to draw customers from the oil and natural gas and trucking industries. LNG "is a proven fuel with a strong track record that will continue to move us toward energy independence," said Cem Hacioglu, CEO of the company.

Tesoro will get about $325 million from the sale of its Hawaii refinery and related properties to a Par Petroleum unit. Various fuels including gasoline, jet fuel and high-sulfur diesel are produced by the refinery.

The growth of the Canadian oil sands industry could be delayed, not stopped, if TransCanada fails to secure U.S. approval for its Keystone XL pipeline, an RBC Dominion Securities report determined. The fuel source could still be shipped via rail if the pipeline isn't approved, the report added.

A plan by House Republicans to include a provision that would clear TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline to a bill that would raise the debt ceiling was criticized by some Senate Democrats. "I've supported Keystone, but we should have a clean debt-limit bill," said Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. "That's been the traditional way, and it's been very successful."